If the Celtics ever pull off the seemingly impossible against the Knicks, let’s just say benchwarmer Jordan Crawford‘s weed socks aren’t exactly the equivalent of Red Sox ace Curt Schilling‘s bloody sock in 2004.

Just as Kevin Garnett denied the infamous Honey Nut Cheerios comment about Carmelo Anthony‘s wife Alani “La La” Vasquez earlier in the season, Crawford did the same about similar internet speculation after Game 5.

“Nah, they was talking to me, baby,” Crawford told The Globe after seemingly starting a verbal altercation with Anthony and Raymond Felton after playing exactly zero minutes in the C’s 92-86 win. “They was talking to me. Yeah, they like me. I think it’s that smile I keep carrying. I think we’re playing freely, not thinking as much.”

While Anthony escalated the Garnett feud outside the Celtics team bus after the January incident, the struggling NBA MVP candidate chose not to engage Crawford with his team on the brink of choking away a 3-0 series lead.

“I’m not thinking about no Jordan Crawford,” Anthony told reporters at the podium afterwards. “Not at this point in time. I’ll tell you that. I don’t even think he even deserves for you to be typing right now.”

Meanwhile, Crawford played dumb, which seems apt for a player talking trash after a DNP-coach’s decision.

“I don’t know what happened, you know what I’m saying?” he told The Globe. “I was on the bench the whole game, I don’t know why they was talking to me. They gotta be upset, their [expletives] tightening up. Of course they upset.”

Based on the way Doc Rivers scolded rookie Fab Melo for sticking around the fracas, it’s safe to say the Celtics coach won’t be too pleased with Crawford. Maybe he’ll even get benched. Oh, wait …

NEW YORK — Unheralded backup guard Terrence Williams was one of only two bench players to see action for the Celtics Wednesday night but he provided four points and four rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench as the Celtics beat the Knicks, 92-86, Wednesday night in Game 5 at Madison Square Garden.

“I know it sounds cliche but I know how to play basketball,” Williams said when asked about not being overwhelmed by the big-game situation of Game 5. “One thing I’ve learned from being here [with Celtics] is to be ready.”

Williams played nearly 17 minutes and came off the bench several times in the second half, including midway through the third quarter when Jeff Green was struggling with his offensive game.

Celtics guard Jason Terry (4) shoots as New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony (7) holds his arm in the second half of Game 5. (AP)

NEW YORK — The “Game 7″ theme repeated itself before, during and after Boston’s 92-86 win in Game 5 Wednesday night. As a result, Jason Terry and the Celtics have a Game 6 on Friday night at TD Garden.

Terry led a blazing 11-for-20 effort from 3-point range, drilling 5-of-7 from beyond the arc as the Celtics overcame an early 11-0 hole to beat the Knicks and become the 11th team in NBA history to force a Game 6 after being down 3-0.

“We know every game for us is a Game 7,” Terry said. “We played with tremendous resiliency. The last two games we were able to make shots and play solid defense.”

As for his inspired 17-point effort off the bench, Terry said he felt the same as he has all series.

“I am pumped every game whether I am making or missing them (shots),” he said. “It is all about being resilient. ‘Do you want to pack up your things and go home or do you want to play another day?’ Every playoff series takes a life of their own. Nobody in here is going to quit.

“It shows you how resilient we are. We know we are starting to gel as a team. Injuries have plagued all season long but in this series, it is all about heart. I believe in this team, the coaching staff. We have a lot of basketball left in us.”

Terry’s fifth and final trey of the night came with 4:57 left in the fourth quarter and put Boston up, 80-67, as the Knicks were trying desperately to get back in the game.

NEW YORK — Paul Pierce could not help but laugh.

After the captain scored 16 points and helped the Celtics stay alive with a 92-86 win over the Knicks in Game 5 Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, Pierce appeared on with Sean Grande and Cedric Maxwell on the WEEI Celtics radio network and was asked if he missed the news that Wednesday was supposed to be the Celtics’ funeral for the season – a suggestion made by Kenyon Martin, who advised his teammates to wear black to the game.

“I guess I didn’t get the memo. I guess this wasn’t the day,” Pierce said laughing.

Before the shootaround Wednesday morning, Pierce said, “No reaction. This is basketball. I’m not going to be dead after the game.”

What was the difference?

“Jeff Green two huge 3-pointers late,” Pierce said. “I just thought it was our execution, the way we moved the ball. Brandon Bass with some huge plays down the stretch. Jason Terry, Kevin Garnett, it has to come collectively and that’s what you saw tongiht. Huge team effort. We settled in on our defense all night long. We were able to contain Melo, was able to contain most of the guys from having a huge night and it was a huge team win.”

Pierce did acknowledge that he was sporting a sore hip after the Knicks banged him around in Game 5.

“This is a physical series,” Pierce said. “They’re allowing them to bump me and bang me. They’re trying to do everything they can to get to me. But that’s what you have to expect. You have to expect the bumps and bruises in a playoff game.”

Pierce knows the TD Garden crowd will be ready on Friday night for Game 6.

“Our crowd is going to be very emotional,” he said. “This is what they wanted – they wanted another home game. I expect them to be the loudest arena in the world [Friday]. There’s going to be so many emotions. We have to have plans to come back here [New York] on Sunday.”

He said he isn’t even thinking about it being his last game in Boston.

“It really doesn’t cross my mind. It’s like I’m still enjoying the ride. It’s like I’m on a roller coaster with my hands up. I’m not really thinking about the ending. I’m going through the loops and going through the drops and I’m just enjoying it, truthfully. Like a roller coaster, when it ends, they lift up the seat belt.”